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Up to 3,100 new gas wells will be allowed under a new infill drilling plan approved by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Jonah Field in south-central Sublette County, WY. Operators EnCana Corp., McMurray Oil and BP America estimate that the energy project could provide 8 Tcf of additional natural gas production.

Enron Corp. whistle-blower Sherron Watkins testified she knew things were getting bad at the company when ex-CEO Jeffrey Skilling resigned in August 2001. “He knows it, he knows it’s bad, and he’s getting out,” she told jurors as she testified Wednesday in the trial of Skilling and Enron founder Kenneth Lay.

After talking with state and utility officials, Australian-based Woodside Natural Gas Inc. Wednesday unveiled more details on its plans to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships with onboard regasification facilities to deliver offshore pipeline gas supplies to California at a proposed undersea and underground connection along the coastal fringe that is part of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The lead state agency, the California Lands Commission, Tuesday released a revised draft environmental impact report (EIR) and set three hearings next month on Australian resources giant BHP Billiton’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal 22 miles off the Southern California coast from Oxnard, CA. Hearings will be held in three separate cities April 17-19.

Scores of natural gas producers and local distribution companies (LDCs) have lined up to intervene in a complaint proceeding, Norstar Operating LLC vs. Columbia Gas Transmission, saying the outcome of the case at FERC could have widespread ramifications for the industry.

Pushing greater use of hydrogen as an energy alternative may be a “market opportunity” for the natural gas industry, according to an in-progress study unveiled Tuesday as part of the National Hydrogen Association’s annual conference in Long Beach, CA.

Looking to provide its customers with additional relief from high natural gas prices, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) said Wednesday that the Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) bill credit applied in February will be extended through April.

The proposed Gros-Cacouna liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Quebec got a much-needed boost Tuesday as project sponsor Petro-Canada reached an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom to proceed with initial engineering design for a $1.5 billion Baltic gas liquefaction plant near St. Petersburg, Russia.

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Oregon received a boost last week when the Port of St. Helens along the lower Columbia River approved a 99-year lease on 145 acres in Clackamas County for the proposed Port Westward LNG project. Some of the that private investors were ready to pull the plug on the proposed 700 MMcf/d capacity terminal last month when negotiations with a private landowner broke down.